Iris Positioning Using a Grid Attached to a Spring Bow for a Custom Ocular Prosthesis

Iris Positioning Using a Grid Attached to a Spring Bow for a Custom Ocular Prosthesis

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Eyes are among the first features of the face to be noticed.Loss nova upright walker of an eye due to congenital, traumatic or pathologic aetiologies causes disfigurement and loss of sensory feedback.It leaves a psychological impact on the patient, thus prosthesis should be provided at the earliest to raise the spirits of the afflicted.Iris positioning is one of the important steps in fabricating customized ocular prosthesis.

In facial asymmetry cases, comparison of both irises together can be a major disadvantage.This case report illustrates the use of a unique customized frame datrex life rafts spring bow assembly to position the iris disk using the established parallelism between inter pupillary line to the horizontal plane.